part-songs
Unaccompanied choral pieces
Part-songs are choral compositions written for three or more voice parts, typically performed without instrumental accompaniment.
Unlike rounds or canons, each voice part carries a different melodic line throughout.
The form flourished in 19th-century England as parlor entertainment: The glee club rehearsed Elizabethan part-songs for the spring concert.
Unaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
- catchSeize or snag
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- roundelaySong with recurring refrain
motet · anthem · carol · cantata · choir · chorus · chorale · ensemble
Unaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
- catchSeize or snag
- roundCurved like circle
- canonAccepted authoritative works
motet · anthem · carol · ballad · chanson · lied · villanelle · frottola
Simultaneous independent melodic lines
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- homophonySame-sounding different words
- voicingExpressing aloud
- harmonizeBring into agreement
consonance · dissonance · texture · fugue · imitation · interweaving · blending · cadence
Performing unrehearsed notation
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- notationSystem of written symbols
vocal · unaccompanied · acapella · conducted · blending · phrasing · dynamics · expression
madrigal
Unaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
roundelay · motet · anthem · carol · cantata · choir · chorus · chorale · ensemble · vocalists
madrigal
Unaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
canon · motet · anthem · carol · ballad · chanson · lied · villanelle · frottola · rondeau
polyphony
Simultaneous independent melodic lines
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- homophonySame-sounding different words
- voicingExpressing aloud
harmonize · consonance · dissonance · texture · fugue · imitation · interweaving · blending · cadence · modulation
sight-reading
Performing unrehearsed notation
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
notation · vocal · unaccompanied · acapella · conducted · blending · phrasing · dynamics · expression · diction
part-songssolos
Single-performer pieces
monody · lieder · arias · plainchant · Gregorian chant
part-songsplainchant
Unaccompanied liturgical melody
chant · congregational singing · folk songs · simple melodies
part, song, parts, songs, parted, parting, partly, partial, partially